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TOKYO, Nov 30 - An award-winning Japanese manga artist, whose retellings of traditional ghost stories and depictions of the horrors of World War Two helped propel anime to global popularity, died today at the age of 93.

This incredibly detailed infographic from Swissôtel Nankai Osaka encourages its guests to "Enjoy Sushi the Japanese Way. " We're not sure exactly what that means, but if there's anything you've been unsure about when visiting a high-end sushiya, y...

This year's 53rd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine will be announcing on Monday that the second season of Yusei Matsui's Shonen Jump hit Assassination Classroom (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu) TV anime will premiere on January 7, 2016 on Fuji T...

Still hasn't found an opponent worthy of his intense training. Fallout 4 is one of this year's biggest video games. Millions of people are living out their post-apocalyptic dreams in its hostile environment of a world ravaged by nuclear war.

Serving as one of the publisher's more major visual novel releases in 2015, MangaGamer have recently announced their English localised release of ClockUp's visual novel euphoria. Now available via the official MangaGamer online store, this title i...

Charapedia asked 10,000 anime fans the question: Which anime characters are the most pure and innocent? And from thousands of fans, most of the responses are from the male fans (59. 0%), female fans (41.

While adults had a hard time containing their laughter upon seeing a Japanese politician sobbing, a child recently provided a more endearing reaction to his tears. For anyone who has forgotten this viral moment, in July of last year, former Hyogo ...

Thanks to Justin Gundam Custom, the secret identities of Caped Baldy and Demon Cyborg have been revealed at last! You might have thought that they were Saitama and Genos, but new evidence suggest that duo might have been 00 Gundam and Gundam Barba...

There have been several Sailor Moon accessories released over the course of the year, but not many of them as functional as the leather goods we've seen. The latest is the Luna Leather Collection, a set of items with very understated designs compl...

Today's main feature! Hello everyone, Kahotan here! (@gsc_kahotan) Today I'm going to be taking a look at the 1/7th scale. . . Felia! ★ From the popular anime series 'Comet Lucifer' comes a 1/7th scale figure of the mysterious young girl, Felia!

The live action movies were a disaster, but the video game, with a newly announced Japanese release date of February 2016, looks like it might redeem them both! Koei Tecmo Games' Omega Force subsidiary has been hard at work on their Attack on Tita...

FUNimation's industry panel at Anime Matsuri Hawaii included the announcement of the English dub cast for the Date A Live II anime. The home video release is set for March 22, 2016, and you can see who's playing who below.

This weekend, Megahobby Expo 2015 Autumn introduced a number of upcoming figures coming from Bandai's Megahouse. Among the previews was an attention-grabbing One Piece Portrait of Pirates IRO gender-swapped Trafalgar Law, inspired by Oda's series ...

After almost eight years of service, Sony Computer Entertainment announced they will be shutting down their Japanese PlayStation Store on the PlayStation Portable on March 31, 2016. Even though you won't be able to make purchases through the lovea...

Metal Gear's never been shy about having an anti-nuclear message (despite arguably glorifying most other types of military violence), but for the most part, the series has put making the world a nuke-free place out of the hands of players.

Petit PASSPO☆ enter a new leg on their journey through the idol world in the MV for their new song "1. 2. Sunrise"! Contributor Wanted! ! The MV has Petit PASSPO☆ as one of the performers on a telethon program that copies Nippon Television's 24 Ho...

The guys in the office often make fun of me for being the sole person in the room who actually understands just what the hell is going on in a Naruto fighting game, but I don't mind. Look, I'm not ashamed to say that I've got some serious love for...

Tokyo Otaku Mode presents original computer glasses modeled after the popular character from Yotsuba&! , Danboard. The frames are a soft tan color, made from acetate. There are different shades of this beige on the interior and exterior, giving th...

Is that Eva Unit-01 in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me? The Evangelion marketing train (which, sometimes, is literally a train), has made multiple stops in the lingerie industry, with no fewer than eight bra and panty sets based on the...

Following auditions over the past couple of months, producers Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian, John Frost and the Really Useful Group have announced the 18 children who will be taking on the role of the 'von Trapp' children in the Brisbane leg of T...

By Chris Priestman . November 29, 2015 . 5:30pm Sekai Project is publishing the free yuri visual novel The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns and has put it on Steam Greenlight. The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns was originally made for the Yuri Game Jam an...

flumpool revealed a preview music video for recently announced new single Yoru wa Nemureru kai? (夜は眠れるかい？) with tie-up as theme song for anime film and TV series Ajin - Demi-Human (亜人). Their 14th single Yoru wa Nemureru kai?

'皇女の休日' (Koujyo no Kyuujitsu) "Princess' Vacation" I think my thoughts about this episode could be concisely described as "Oh, my. " Student Council Before leaping into the topic I know we all want to talk about, let me dedicate some words to the ...

Nov29 Subete ga F ni Naru: Perfect Insider - 08 Trying to steal her man? BITCH, YOU THOUGHT. I don't know why I am choosing to write this immediately after dragonboat practice, but it's the only spare time I have that isn't being spent working on ...

'しのぶメイル 其ノ參' (Shinobu Meiru Sono San) "Shinobu Mail Part Three" So it turns out the 'crab' from last week's cliffhanger was actually a crab/monkey/snake chimera, which only raises even more questions. When it's just Agagari's old foes making encor...

At the end of it all, One-Punch Man is a show that always stays true to itself. If you came into this episode expecting a long epic battle between Saitama and The Deep Sea King, well. . . You'll be disappointed.

Sad to see Puella Maji Madoka Magica end? Well, dry your eyes! A concept film unveiled last week has sparked speculation about possible new material! A short concept film featuring a new Puella Magi Madoka Magica story was revealed last week as pa...

As luck would have it, I get to cover this show on a week like this one (Thanks Ebisu! ). Maan. . . Talk about one hell of a hard episode to watch. Noragami has always been a series that's had an underlying sense of tragedy and pain to it, one tha...

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